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UNP books in the media

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This past week, two UNP books were reviewed by Necessary Fiction and the Omaha World-Herald. In Necessary Fiction, Steve Himmer reviewed Bohemian Girl by Terese Svoboda. He said that “…self-invention and renewal it offered is at the heart of Bohemian Girl.” Click here to read the full review.     And in the Omaha World-Herald, David Hendee called Atlas of the Great Plains by Stephen J. Lavin, Fred M. Shelley, and J. Clark Archer  a tool that could “…help save your life.” The Atlas of the Great Plains has more than three hundred original full-color maps, accompanied by extended explanatory … Continue reading UNP books in the media

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Shelf Awareness review

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The Least Cricket of Evening by Robert Vivian is written about Midwestern towns and Europeans cities, and tries to find the spiritual significance of circumstances and places and those who inhabit them. Vivian’s collection was reviewed yesterday in Shelf Awareness, in the From My Shelf section.  Bruce Jacobs said “With a poet's eye and ear, Vivian elevates the everyday to the universal in a contemplative voice.” Click here to read the full review. Continue reading Shelf Awareness review

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Reviews and mentions

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Reviews and other mentions of our new fall books continue to roll in. Following is a sampling of some of the notice UNP books and authors have received recently. Yesterday, Between Panic and Desire by Dinty W. Moore was reviewed in the Coal Hill Review by Sue Kreke Rumbaugh. Between Panic and Desire documents the disorienting experience of growing up in a postmodern world. In Moore’s book, Rumbaugh says, “With subtle wit and outright humor, Dinty W. Moore takes the reader on a journey like no other in his latest memoir.” Click here to read the full review. Earlier this … Continue reading Reviews and mentions

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The Big O’s big anniversary

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In the beginning of September, Sports Illustrated.com published an article discussing The Big O on revenue sharing and the current lockout debate in the NBA. Zach Lowe writes, “… the general issue of revenue sharing is clearly not new, and the players’ union forty years ago was arguing that revenue sharing, rather than cutting player salaries, could stabilize the league. Forty years later, the NBA still does not split gate receipts (something the NFL does), and every team gets to keep 100 percent of its local television revenues.” The Big O, written by Oscar Robertson, is his memoir of his … Continue reading The Big O’s big anniversary

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Reviews and interviews

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This past weekend, The Circus of Dr. Lao by Charles G. Finney, was mentioned in the LA Times Book section as “a splendid fable of a miserable-looking little circus that visits a dusty Arizona town and leaves an unforgettable impression.” Click here to read the full review. Also earlier this week, UNP author John Schulian had a Q&A session with Lary Wallace of The Faster Times. Wallace introduced Schulian by listing great sports writers but then saying, “If I’m forgetting anyone, it’s because I’m eager to get to the writer with perhaps the purest talent of them all, the closet … Continue reading Reviews and interviews

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Q & A with H. Lee Barnes

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Today, Time Magazine Online posted a Q & A with author H. Lee Barnes about his new book, When we Walked above the Clouds. In the Q & A, Lee discusses what he learned during Vietnam, what drove him to write book, and about the relevance of the book with today’s fighting in Afghanistan.   When asked what lessons he learned in Vietnam, Lee answered this way: "I learned the value of humility and that heroism, in order to be recognized, requires both a substantial act and witnesses to verify it, but courage is the simple act of pulling on a … Continue reading Q & A with H. Lee Barnes

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NYT review

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This is Not the Ivy League by Mary Clearman Blew is Blew’s behind-the-scenes memoir of pursuing a career at a time when a women’s place in the world was supposed to have limits. Her education began at home, on a remote cattle ranch in Montana. She graduated to a one-room rural school, then escaped, via scholarship, to the University of Montana, where, still in her teens, she met and married her first husband. It is her account of what it was to be that girl, and then that woman—pressured by husband and parents to be the conventional wife of the … Continue reading NYT review

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The PEN Center USA literary awards

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UNP is proud to announce that Quotidiana by Patrick Madden was a finalist for the 2011 PEN Center USA Literary Awards in the Creative Nonfiction category. PEN Center USA’s annual awards program recognizes literary excellence in eleven different categories. Quotidiana is a collection of essays in which Madden muses on the origins of human language, the curative properties of laughter, and the joys and woes of fatherhood, among other topics. Madden received widespread praise for his writing style: Madden/Quotidiana: 2011 PEN Center USA Literary Awards, finalist, Creative Nonfiction category. "Words form constellations; they glitter on the pages. . . . … Continue reading The PEN Center USA literary awards

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Some spring reads

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Hey you baseball fans, games have just gotten under way and what better way to start off a new season of America’s favorite pastime with discovering a little history about the sport. Beyond DiMaggio: Italian Americans in Baseball by Larry Baldassaro chronicles how Italian Americans helped shape baseball as we all know it today. Baldassaro discussed his book recently on Milwaukee Public Radio. Click here to take a listen. And earlier this month, the Omaha World-Herald ran a roundup of 10 books with themes related to Nebraska or the Midwest. Two University Nebraska Press books, Nebraska Moments by Donald R. … Continue reading Some spring reads

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A celebration of Bison Books

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The Golden West edited by Alicia Christensen celebrates the Bison Books tradition of giving readers the best historical, literary, and original western literature, bringing together some of the most beloved and iconic stories of the American West. Published in celebration of Bison Books' 50th anniversary, The Golden West collects iconic Western voices who have published with Bison Books throughout the years. Stories include those depicting adventures of the Corps of Discovery to the trials of the Oregon Trail, from traditional Sioux culture to Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, and from the cowboys, ranchers, farmers, and mountaineers who often make up our … Continue reading A celebration of Bison Books